Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 86

Devanagari script

प्रापयामासतुर्मृत्युं कृतवर्मकृपा वुभौ । एवं निहतसैन्यं तच्छिबिरं तैर्महाबलैः

Transliteration

prāpayāmāsaturmṛtyuṃ kṛtavarmakṛpā vubhau | evaṃ nihatasainyaṃ tacchibiraṃ tairmahābalaiḥ

Translation

കൃതവർമ്മനും കൃപനും—ഇരുവരും—അനേകരെ മരണത്തിലേക്ക് അയച്ചു; ഇങ്ങനെ ആ മഹാബലികൾ മൂലം ആ ശിബിരം സൈന്യം നശിച്ച് ശൂന്യമായി.

Word by Word

• प्रापयामासतुः: caused to reach/brought (to)
• प्रापयामासतुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु) caus. प्रापय (णिच्)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, द्विवचन; णिच् (causative)

• मृत्युम्: death
• मृत्युम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृत्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कृतवर्मा: Kṛtavarmā
• कृतवर्मा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृतवर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; व्यक्तिनाम

• कृपः: Kṛpa
• कृपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; व्यक्तिनाम

• उभौ: both
• उभौ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; विशेषण (कृतवर्मा-कृपयोः)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार-अव्यय (adverb)

• निहतसैन्यम्: the slain army
• निहतसैन्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निहत (कृदन्त) + सैन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (निहतम् सैन्यम्)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• शिबिरम्: camp
• शिबिरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिबिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तैः: by them
• तैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• महाबलैः: by the mighty ones
• महाबलैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (महद् बलम् येषाम्)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Three warriors’ raid aftermath: Kṛpa and Kṛtavarmā stand amid a devastated camp; tents collapsed, weapons scattered, silence after slaughter.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛtavarmā
• Kṛpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Collective participation in wrongdoing multiplies karmic burden; strength without dharma becomes ruinous.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The chapter belongs to Setu Māhātmya (Setu/Rāmeśvaram sacred region), but this verse is narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.